Name Change Process in Tripura
Changing your name legally in Tripura is three stages long: a notarised affidavit, notices in two newspapers, and publication in the Central Gazette. Nothing about it is difficult, but almost every part of it is easy to get slightly wrong, and slightly wrong means the file comes back and you start paying again. This page is the full process in order, with the exact papers, the real fees separated into what the Government takes and what we charge, the honest timeline, and the cases where you should not be publishing a Gazette at all.
Swear a notarised affidavit in Tripura stating your old name, your new name and your address. Publish identical notices in one Bengali daily and one English daily, keeping the complete original page of each. Then file the Central Gazette papers, which our Delhi head office lodges at the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. The Government fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult on BharatKosh. Publication in Part IV commonly takes 30 to 45 days.
The Tripura name change process at a glance
- Stage 1
- Notarised affidavit, sworn in person in Tripura on non-judicial stamp paper
- Stage 2
- Notices in one Bengali daily and one English daily, identical wording, complete original pages kept
- Stage 3
- Central Gazette file of five papers, lodged at the Department of Publication in Delhi
- Where you go
- Only to a notary and a newspaper office, both local. Everything else is handled for you
- Where the file goes
- Civil Lines, behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054. There is no Gazette counter in Agartala
- Government fee
- Commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, on BharatKosh only, non-refundable, revised each financial year
- Our charge
- A separate figure, told to you before you pay anything
- Time
- Publication commonly 30 to 45 days after filing, and 3 to 7 weeks end to end
- Your copy
- A free PDF from egazette.gov.in, digital only since October 2015, never expires
- Not needed for
- A birth certificate error, a date of birth, and often a married surname on Aadhaar
Key takeaways
- Decide the exact spelling of your new name before anything is typed, because every later paper copies it.
- The notary visit is the only step in the whole process that cannot be done online.
- Two newspapers, one Bengali and one English, with the complete page kept rather than a cutting.
- The Gazette file is five papers, and the CD certificate is the one most applicants have never heard of.
- The Government fee and our service charge are always two separate numbers on your quote.
- Some problems are not Gazette problems at all, and we will tell you when yours is one of them.
Settle the spelling before anything is typed
The single most expensive mistake in this process is starting it before you have decided exactly how your new name is spelt. Every paper that follows copies that decision: the affidavit, both newspaper notices, the proforma, and finally the Gazette itself. Change your mind after the newspapers have printed and you are paying for the newspapers again.
In Tripura this matters more than in most states, because Bengali and Kokborok names commonly have more than one accepted English spelling. Debbarma and Deb Barma. Reang and Riang. Bhattacharjee and Bhattacharya. Sit down with your Class 10 certificate, your Aadhaar and your passport if you have one, see which forms appear where, and choose one. Write it down and do not change it. The spelling question in full is on community surname spelling in Tripura.
The three stages of a Tripura name change
| Stage | What happens | Where | Who does it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Affidavit | You swear a statement of the change on stamp paper | A notary in Tripura, in person | You, with our draft |
| 2. Newspapers | The same notice printed in two dailies | One Bengali daily and one English daily | We book both, or you do |
| 3. Central Gazette | Five papers lodged and the notice published in Part IV | Department of Publication, Delhi 110054 | Our Delhi head office, in person |
Read that table again and notice where you actually have to go: a notary's table, and possibly a newspaper office. That is the whole of your travelling. There is no Gazette office in Agartala, no counter in Udaipur, and nobody in Tripura who can accept a personal name change file, because only one office in the country does.
How to change your name in Tripura, step by step
Fix the exact spelling
Complete old name, complete new name, and the address as it will appear on every paper.
Swear the affidavit
Non-judicial stamp paper, notarised in person. The only step nobody can do online.
Publish in two dailies
One Bengali, one English, identical wording, complete original pages kept.
Assemble the five papers
Affidavit, newspapers, CD certificate, request letter, and the proforma in two copies.
Pay and file
Government fee on BharatKosh, file lodged at Civil Lines by our Delhi office.
Download and update
Free PDF from egazette.gov.in, then Aadhaar, PAN, bank, passport in that order.
The name change affidavit in Tripura
The affidavit is a sworn statement, not a form. It is printed on non-judicial stamp paper, signed in front of a notary, and stamped there and then. Your stationer will know the stamp value used locally; it is small, and anybody quoting you a large figure for the paper itself is overcharging.
| It must state | Why |
|---|---|
| Your complete old name | Exactly as your documents spell it, spacing included |
| Your complete new name | The spelling you settled at step zero, never to change again |
| Your father's or husband's name | It identifies you, and it must match your other papers |
| Your full address | Down to the district and the pin code |
| The reason, where there is one | Marriage, divorce, numerology, religion or personal preference are all acceptable |
| A verification clause | Naming the place and the date, signed again below it |
Three cases word it differently. A married woman's affidavit names her maiden name, her married name and the date of marriage. A divorce affidavit attaches the decree and says she is resuming the name held before marriage. A minor's affidavit is sworn by a parent and carries one extra line stating the child's date of birth.
Newspaper notices for a name change in Tripura
Two notices, published in one Bengali daily and one English daily circulating in Tripura, carrying exactly the same wording as each other and as your proforma. This is where more money is wasted than anywhere else in the process, for reasons that are easy to avoid.
| The rule | How people break it |
|---|---|
| Two papers, two languages | Publishing twice in the same paper, or twice in Bengali |
| Identical wording in both | Letting the counter shorten the text to save column space |
| The complete original page | Cutting out the notice and keeping only the clipping |
| Masthead and date visible | Keeping a page with the top torn off |
| The address in full | Shortening it to save a line |
| Both pages preserved | Not photographing them before they go into the file |
There is no list of approved newspapers. You may read online that only certain Government-approved English papers qualify. That is not a rule, and anyone insisting on one particular paper is selling you their arrangement with it. What matters is that the paper is a daily, that it circulates in Tripura, and that you keep the whole page.
The Central Gazette file and what goes in it
Most people picture the Gazette as a single form. It is five papers and two printed notices, and a file missing any one of them waits at the counter rather than going forward.
| Paper | What it is |
|---|---|
| 1. Affidavit | The notarised original from stage 1 |
| 2. Newspaper pages | The complete original page from each of the two dailies |
| 3. CD certificate | A signed declaration that the soft copy and the hard copy carry the same matter, that you are responsible for any mismatch and for the quality of the CD, and that the file is in MS Word format. Most applicants have never heard of this one. |
| 4. Request letter | Addressed to the Controller, Publication Department, Civil Line, Delhi 110054, saying the formalities are complete and the documents are enclosed |
| 5. Proforma, two copies | The notice for Part IV, computer typed and never handwritten, signed in your existing old name, witnessed by two people who each give a full name and a complete address |
Alongside them go self-attested identity of you and one witness, two passport photographs, and the BharatKosh payment receipt.
Where the file is lodged
At one address in India: the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, behind the Delhi Vidhan Sabha Metro Station, Delhi 110054. Our head office is in Delhi and lodges the file in person, which is why nobody from Tripura needs to travel and why we can see a problem at the counter rather than learn about it by post six weeks later.
What the papers actually say
Reading the form is faster than reading about it. Everything in brackets is replaced with your own particulars, and nothing else changes.
The proforma, the page the Gazette prints
No. ADVT IV /
I, hitherto known as [OLD NAME], son of / daughter of / wife of [FATHER'S OR HUSBAND'S NAME], residing at [HOUSE, LOCALITY, TOWN, DISTRICT, TRIPURA, PIN], have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as [NEW NAME].
It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements in this connection.
[OLD NAME]
(Signature in existing old name)
WITNESS NO. 1 Signature: Full Name: Address:
WITNESS NO. 2 Signature: Full Name: Address:
The newspaper notice, in both papers, word for word the same
NAME CHANGE NOTICE
I, [OLD NAME], son of / daughter of / wife of [FATHER'S OR HUSBAND'S NAME], residing at [FULL ADDRESS, TRIPURA, PIN], have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as [NEW NAME].
For a child the notice is a different sheet again, made and signed by a parent. Where a name was written wrongly rather than changed, the wording is a public notice asking that the record be amended, and it can cover several family members at once. All seven papers, with the minor form, the correction notice and a worked Tripura example, are on the Gazette proforma format page.
Central Gazette or Tripura Gazette for a name change
| Central Gazette | Tripura Gazette | |
|---|---|---|
| Published by | Department of Publication, Government of India | Tripura Government Press, Agartala |
| Carries | Personal notices in Part IV | Government orders and notifications |
| Citizen name change route | Yes, established and used daily | No clear published route |
| Accepted where | Every office in India and by foreign missions | Within state Government processes |
| Read at | egazette.gov.in | egazette.tripura.gov.in |
So for a private applicant in Tripura the answer is the Central Gazette, and we never sell a personal notice in the state Gazette. The one group that should ask first is Tripura Government employees, whose department may want a notification through its own channel. The comparison in full is on Central Gazette against the Tripura State Gazette.
What a name change costs in Tripura
| Item | Amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Stamp paper and notary | A small local charge | Stationer and notary in Tripura |
| Newspaper notices | Varies by paper and column size | The two newspapers directly |
| Central Gazette Government fee | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor | Government of India, on BharatKosh only |
| Applicants living abroad | Commonly Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000 | Government of India, on BharatKosh |
| Our service charge | Quoted as its own line before you pay | Tripura Name Change |
| Gazette copy | Free | Downloaded from egazette.gov.in |
Two things we will not do. We will not quote one bundled figure that hides which part is the Government's, and we will not present the Government fee as fixed, because it is revised each financial year and is confirmed on the day of filing. It is also non-refundable, which is the real reason to get the papers right the first time.
How long a name change takes in Tripura
| Stage | Time | What decides it |
|---|---|---|
| Drafting and affidavit | 1 to 2 days | How quickly you reach a notary |
| Newspaper publication | 2 to 7 days | The papers' own schedules |
| Assembling and filing | 2 to 4 days | Courier from Tripura, then the counter |
| Gazette publication | 30 to 45 days | The Department's queue |
| End to end | 3 to 7 weeks | Mostly the publication window |
| Updating records after | Weeks to months | Each department's own timings |
Anybody promising you a published Gazette in seven days is describing something that does not happen. Plan backwards from your deadline, not forwards from today.
The order to update your records after publication
Order matters, because each record is verified against the one before it. Going out of sequence is how people end up with a corrected PAN that no longer matches their Aadhaar.
| Order | Record | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadhaar | At an Aadhaar Seva Kendra in your district. Everything else reads it |
| 2 | PAN | e-KYC pulls the corrected Aadhaar name |
| 3 | Bank | Branch application with the Gazette page |
| 4 | Passport | At the Passport Seva Kendra in Agartala, under RPO Guwahati |
| 5 | Voter ID and driving licence | Both free or low cost, and neither is urgent |
| 6 | EPFO, insurance, school and board records | Board records have their own process; see education documents |
When you do not need a Gazette at all
We would rather tell you this at the start than take a fee for something that will not solve your problem.
| Your problem | The real route |
|---|---|
| A name wrong on a birth certificate | Registrar correction under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, at the body that issued it |
| A wrong date of birth | Never a Gazette. The board, the Registrar, or a court order |
| A spelling wrong on a mark sheet | The board's own correction process; the Gazette supports it but does not replace it |
| A married surname on Aadhaar | The marriage certificate alone is often enough |
| A name that is right everywhere except one card | A correction on that card, not a change of name |
The line to hold on to: a correction brings a record into line with what was already written elsewhere, and a change records a name nobody has recorded before. Send us your documents and we will tell you which one you have.
Minors, Government employees and applicants abroad
A child's name change
A parent is the applicant throughout. The notice is a different form, giving the child's age, and the affidavit states the date of birth. The fee is the minor rate. See minor name change in Tripura.
Government employees
Central employees follow the MHA Office Memorandum route with a deed of change of name, publication and a service book entry. Tripura State employees should ask the establishment section which Gazette it accepts before spending anything. TSR, Assam Rifles and railway staff follow their own unit circular.
Living outside Tripura or India
A higher Government fee applies for applicants abroad, commonly Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000, and a deed attested by the Indian mission is usually required. A family member in Tripura can carry the local steps for you.
Name change mistakes that cost people money in Tripura
Before filing
- Publishing the newspapers before the spelling is final
- Keeping a cutting instead of the complete page
- Letting the affidavit and the proforma be typed separately
- Signing the proforma in the new name instead of the old one
- Witnesses writing initials instead of a full address
- Handwriting the proforma rather than typing it
Being sold the wrong thing
- A Gazette office in Agartala, which does not exist
- A personal notice in the Tripura Gazette
- One bundled price hiding the Government fee
- A promise of publication in seven days
- A courier of the original Gazette booklet
- A Gazette sold to fix a date of birth
Name change words used in Tripura, explained
Everything on this page, defined in one place.
- Gazette notification
- A formal announcement printed in the official journal of the Government. For a name change it is the document Aadhaar, PAN, passport offices, banks and employers accept as proof that the change was made.
- Central Gazette
- The Gazette of India, published by the Department of Publication at Civil Lines, Delhi. It is accepted in every office in India, including every office in Tripura, and by foreign missions.
- Part IV
- The section of the Gazette of India that carries notices from private people rather than from the Government. A personal name change appears here and nowhere else.
- Proforma
- The typed page that becomes your Gazette notice. It is filed in two identical copies, computer typed rather than handwritten, signed in your existing old name, and witnessed by two people.
- CD certificate
- A signed page declaring that the soft copy and the hard copy of your notice carry the same matter, that you are responsible for any mismatch and for the quality of the CD, and that the file is in MS Word format.
- Request letter
- The covering letter addressed to the Controller, Publication Department, Civil Line, Delhi 110054, stating that the formalities are complete and the documents are enclosed.
- Affidavit
- A written statement you swear is true before a notary. For a name change it records your old name, your new name, your parent's or husband's name, your address and the reason.
- Verification clause
- The closing paragraph of an affidavit stating the place and date and confirming that the contents are true to the best of your knowledge and belief.
- Non-judicial stamp paper
- Government stamped paper used for affidavits. The value required in Tripura is small and the stationer will know it.
- BharatKosh
- The Non-Tax Receipt Portal at bharatkosh.gov.in, the only accepted channel for the Central Gazette fee.
- Two witnesses
- The Gazette notice carries two witnesses, each giving a signature, a full name and a complete address. Initials or a partial address are a common reason a file is returned.
- Correction against change
- A correction brings a record into line with what was already written elsewhere. A change records a name nobody has recorded before. The two need different documents and different wording.
Name change service from every district of Tripura
Your local steps happen where you live. The filing happens in Delhi, and that is our side of it.
Agartala residents have the shortest journey of all; see name change in Agartala.
The questions people in Tripura search most
Is there a Gazette office in Tripura?
No. The only office that accepts a personal name change file is in Delhi.
Can the whole thing be done online?
Almost. The notary visit is the one step that requires you in person.
How many newspapers?
Two, one Bengali daily and one English daily, with the same wording.
Will the Gazette be posted to me?
No. You download it free from egazette.gov.in. It has been digital only since October 2015.
How long is it valid?
Permanently. A published notice never expires and needs no attestation.
Can a Gazette change my date of birth?
No, and anybody selling you one for that is taking your money.
Start your file
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Official sources
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe only office that accepts a Gazette name change file, at Civil Lines, Delhi 110054.
- e-Gazette, Directorate of PrintingWhere a published Part IV notice is searched and downloaded free.
- BharatKosh, Non-Tax Receipt PortalThe only accepted channel for the Central Gazette fee.
- Tripura GazetteThe weekly state gazette, carrying Government orders and notifications.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaAadhaar update rules, the first record to correct after publication.
- Passport SevaDocuments required for a re-issue in a changed name.
The Tripura name change process, the short version
- Affidavit before a notary, two newspapers, then the Central Gazette.
- Settle the spelling first; everything afterwards copies it.
- Five papers in the file, and the CD certificate is the forgotten one.
- Commonly Rs 1,100 to the Government, our charge stated separately, published in 30 to 45 days.
- Some problems are not Gazette problems, and we will say so.
Start with a call, not a payment
Tell us the old name, the new name and what you need it for. We will tell you the route, the two separate numbers and the realistic date.